Five SkyTrain stations and no transfer to downtown, a Level One trauma centre, the largest college in the province, and a city that still exports most of its workers.
Downtown to Queensborough, area by area, with the planning status, the schools, the rail crossings and the three official neighbourhood lists that do not agree with each other.
The lowest composite benchmark of any area the board reports, the region’s most apartment-heavy housing stock, and an electricity bill that does not come from BC Hydro.
New Westminster recorded 60.8 Criminal Code offences per 1,000 residents in 2024, almost exactly Vancouver’s number. Its own police force, a decade of data, and the arithmetic error behind every higher figure you will see.
